Research Interests

Clinical trials for new surgical modalities

Novel therapies for lung cancer

Biography

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja is an Associate Professor of Surgery, and Program and Surgical Director of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program. She is a thoracic surgeon who treats patients with tumors of the chest including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, mesothelioma and performs the fully array of thoracic procedures including lung transplantation for patients with lung diseases.

Dr. Kukreja trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital under Dr. David Sugarbaker, and at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, completing fellowships in both thoracic surgery and thoracic oncology. As a CALGB (Cancer and Leukemia Group B) clinical research fellow, Dr. Kukreja received extensive training in the design of clinical trials.

Dr. Kukreja served as Chief Cardiothoracic Resident at UCSF under Dr. David Jablons, Chief of General Thoracic Surgery. She also studied the techniques of minimally invasive thoracic surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center under Dr. Robert McKenna, Jr., Surgical Director of the Center for Chest Diseases.

Dr. Kukreja has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and lectures on surgery for lung cancer, esophageal cancer and mesothelioma. She is also the recipient of numerous professional honors including the Pharmacia/Upjohn Trauma Research Competition Award, the John A. Mannick Research Award, and Excellence in Teaching Award at the Harvard Medical School.

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In the News

The Chico News and Review reports on the journey of Richard Wodrich to the double lung transplant he received at UCSF Medical Center for treatment of irreversible and incurable chronic lung disease. The transplant was performed by Dr. Jasleen Kukreja, Surgical Director of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program.
Longtime local bluegrass musician Richard Wodrich loves to sing and play guitar, but that became progressively more difficult over the last decade or so, to the point where he had trouble [...]

The UCSF Lung Transplant Program, has once again achieved "statistically significant" higher than expected outcomes for both patient survival and graft survival*, according to the newest data just released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). Last year, SRTR ranked UCSF among the top three lung transplant programs in the U.S. for higher than expected outcomes. This year, however, UCSF was ranked first.The UCSF program is a true multi-disciplinary collaboration that [...]

"Jimenez went to UCSF's Lung Transplant Program, one of the top programs in the country, according to the latest Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. UCSF is among three out of 70 programs for "higher than expected" outcomes based on complex risk factors.
The success of the program is multifactorial and a multidisciplinary effort that starts with excellent anesthetic management, meticulous surgical technique and perioperative surgical care, and long-term close surveillance," [...]

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja "is not the first surgeon to perform a minimally invasive lobectomy at UCSF, but she may be a pioneer in the two-finger clamp technique, because her predecessors are men who have a tougher time squeezing in both fingers. Last summer, she became the first doctor to be hired by UCSF to focus primarily on this discipline."

Parking

Parking at Mount Zion

Public parking is available in two parking garages near our Mount Zion campus.
One is a UCSF garage at 2420 Sutter St. and the other is a public garage at
1635 Divisadero St. Entrances to both garages are on Sutter Street, between
Divisadero and Broderick streets.

The 2420 Sutter St. garage is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Friday, and
closed on weekends and UCSF holidays. The rate is $6 an hour with a $30 daily
maximum ($12 daily maximum for patients with a valid disabled placard). If you
have a valid disabled placard, you may have the parking fee reduced to $6 by
obtaining a parking voucher from your clinic or the lobby information desk at
1600 Divisadero Street. Present the voucher, your disabled parking
placard and your garage receipt to the cashier.

For more information about parking in the 2420 Sutter St. garage, call (415)
514-8935.

The public parking lot at 1635 Divisadero St. garage is open from 5:30 a.m. to
9 p.m., Monday to Friday, and closed on weekends and major holidays. The rate
is $2 each 20 minutes with a $28 daily maximum. UCSF parking vouchers are not
valid at the 1635 Divisadero St. garage.

For more information about the public parking lot in the 1635 Divisadero
St. garage, call
(415) 441-5408 or visit www.1635divisaderogarage.com.

Parking

Parking at Parnassus

Public parking for an hourly fee at UCSF Medical Center is available in the seven-level Millberry Union Garage at 500 Parnassus Ave. There are two garage entrances — one on the north side of Parnassus Avenue and another on Irving Street, just east of Third Avenue.

Another garage with an hourly fee, at 350 Parnassus Ave., is open Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Metered street parking is rarely available.

Patients being admitted to the hospital may be dropped off at the circular driveway leading to the main entrance at 505 Parnassus Ave. This area also may be used to pick up patients who are being discharged.

For more information about parking at Parnassus, call Campus Parking Services at 476-2566.

Valet Parking Service

Valet parking service is available at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) at 400 Parnassus Ave. from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The valet service is free but patients must pay regular parking fees. For more information about the valet service, call (415) 476-6200.

A UCSF "greeter" also is available at the ACC from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist patients find their way.

Public Transportation

Parnassus

UCSF Medical Center is accessible via Muni streetcar line N-Judah*, which stops at Second Avenue and Irving Street, and the following Muni bus lines, which stop in front of the hospital: